After Ah Jiu left, Han Jinxiu stood up suddenly, she should have thought that Ah Jiu was the prince's personal guard, if there was no prince's approval, how could he dare to come to see her privately? Yes, it must be so, so why did she lie to her when she asked Ah Jiu?

An Mei and Anxin hurriedly ran to her side and asked, "Crown Princess, what's wrong with you?" ”

Looking at the concerned eyes of the two, Han Jinxiu blinked and said with a smile: "It's nothing, you two go to find someone to check, and see who the palace maid Baiye is close to on weekdays?" "The palace maid Baiye and the red-clothed palace maid of the Huanyi Bureau have a close relationship, and the two of them have no grievances with the prince, why do they want to frame the prince? This doesn't make sense, you have to tear off the mask of King Zhan's hypocrisy.

Ah Yan confirmed again and again: "Ah Jiu, you heard it right, did the crown princess really say that?" "How is this possible?

Ah Jiu glanced at him: "How dare the slave deceive His Highness, the crown princess did say that she would investigate this matter thoroughly!" "Why doesn't Ah Yan believe in the crown princess and have such a deep prejudice against her, that is their hostess?

The prince rolled up his hand and put it to his lips and coughed dryly twice, and said, "Okay, this matter is over, you all step down!" "I don't want to listen to the two of them arguing anymore. The reason why Lin Botao told him after finding out that the palace maid Baiye committed suicide was nothing more than his father's intention, plus the rewards given to Han Jinxiu last night were actually for him, and he wanted to use this to resolve the palace banquet.

The big thing has turned into a small thing, why did the palace maid in the Baiye and Huanyi Bureau calculate him? There must be someone behind the instructions, just now he told Lin Botao very clearly, this matter must be thoroughly investigated! If Lin Botao is unwilling to investigate, he, the prince of the dynasty, will personally investigate, he wants to see who dares to stop him!

Lin Botao respectfully waited for His Majesty's answer, and for a long time, His Majesty spoke: "In this case, you will listen to the prince's words and investigate this matter to the end!" ”

Although His Majesty's inconsistent attitude made Lin Botao wonder, he still accepted it gladly and continued to investigate the matter.

Soon, Lin Botao found out a new clue, the palace maid Baiye had two fellow villagers in the palace, one of whom was the palace maid Zicui in Concubine Yang De's palace. This time, Lin Botao did not ask anyone for instructions and continued to investigate.

When Jinyiwei's people arrived at Yang Defei's bedroom to take Zicui away, Yang Defei came forward to stop her, and she said angrily: "Bold Lin Botao, this palace is the first concubine of the four concubines, do you dare to suspect that this palace framed the prince!" ”

Lin Botao said: "Wechen doesn't dare, but Wechen wants to ask Zicui, the palace maid in Concubine De's palace, to interrogate, please don't be impatient!" ”

"Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, how do you let this palace be a little impatient!" As soon as Concubine Yang Defei's words fell, she picked up the teacup at hand and threw it at Lin Botao, and the crisp sound of broken porcelain made everyone tremble.

Not frightened by Concubine Yang De's majesty, Lin Botao's face did not change, and continued: "Concubine De Niangniang, Weichen is just taking the palace maid Zicui for routine questioning, Weichen does not suspect that you are framing the prince, please Niangniang Mingjian!" ”

Concubine Yang De, whose face turned blue by Lin Botao's words, rose and fell in her chest, and said sharply: "Lin Botao, if you don't have His Majesty's will today, this palace will definitely not let you take Zicui!" "How can the palace maid in her palace be taken away by the Jinyi Guard, thinking that she doesn't know, once she enters the Jinyi Guard, it is common for her to be beaten into a trick, so she will not be so stupid! So that the real culprits can go unpunished, and she becomes a scapegoat.

Lin Botao: "......" Is it really good for Yang Defei to protect her short like this? At this time, shouldn't she hand over Zicui and let Jinyiwei find out, so as to clear the suspicion?

The two sides confronted each other like this, Lin Botao, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the son of Pingbo, won the favor of His Majesty. Concubine Yang De is the head of the four concubines, and manages the harem together with Empress Chen, her father is Yang Shoufu of the current dynasty, and the second prince she gave birth to, Zhou Yuanhong, the king of Yu, is on an errand in the criminal department, and her status in the harem is second only to Empress Chen. Today, Lin Botao asked her in public that she couldn't get off the stage, and she just couldn't be convinced!

At this time, a palace goddess in pink clothes hurriedly walked towards Concubine Yang De, whispered a few words in her ear, and then Concubine Yang Defei's face was extremely gloomy, and she glared angrily at Lin Botao: "Lin Botao, you are satisfied now, Zicui hanged herself!" "Just because Zicui and the palace maid Baiye who committed suicide by biting her tongue are fellow villagers, it is too much to take her away for questioning.

Lin Botao frowned tightly and hanged himself, so like this, Yang Defei's suspicion is getting bigger and bigger. Then Lin Botao wanted to take Jinyiwei to investigate Zicui's body, but Concubine Yang De decisively refused: "She is the palace maid in this palace, if there is no will of His Majesty, you can't see it!" ”

Concubine Yang De was so strong, Lin Botao didn't break through, and naturally went to tell His Majesty in the imperial study.

Looking at Lin Botao, who left with a group of brocade guards, Concubine Yang Defei gritted her teeth and said: "Come on, change clothes for the palace, and the palace also has to go to the imperial study." "Just allow Lin Botao to go to Your Majesty, she will also go to find it, she can't let Lin Botao talk nonsense. Just as she was about to leave, Concubine Yang Defei was stopped by the palace maid in pink clothes who came to pay her respects, only to see her kneeling on the ground and respectfully handing over a letter.

Things in the palace have always been troubled, and soon the whole palace will know about it.

After listening to An Mei's words, Han Jinxiu bent her knuckles and knocked on the tabletop, suddenly, she stood up from the chair and instructed An Mei: "You send someone to the imperial study to investigate and see how the situation is?" ”

In the imperial study, An Mei glanced at Han Jinxiu suspiciously, then reined in her thoughts, and bowed her head: "Yes, the crown princess, the slave and maid will go." ”

Lin Botao is His Majesty's person, and Concubine Yang Defei is the head of His Majesty's four concubines, and now that these two people have a dispute, they naturally have to go to His Majesty to adjust, and the most important thing is why Zicui hanged herself? If she hadn't teamed up with the palace maid Baiye to poison the prince, why did she hang herself, it doesn't make sense? If she committed suicide in fear of crime and was instructed by Concubine Yang De to frame the prince, would this make sense? The evidence now points to Concubine Yang De, shouldn't it be King Zhan?

Suddenly, Han Jinxiu sneered in her heart, what a blame!

His Majesty glanced at Lin Botao, and then at Concubine Yang De, Lin Botao's face did not change and asked to check Zicui's body, Concubine Yang Defei was angry and asked His Majesty to make the decision for her, Lin Botao wronged her and Zicui for framing the prince, please Your Majesty punish Lin Botao, a person who does not distinguish between dignity and inferiority.

Your Majesty: "......"

Lin Botao said with a straight face: "Does Concubine De know what the crime of murdering the prince is?" ”

Concubine Yang Defei clenched the silk handkerchief in her hand, raised her head and said sharply: "Lin Botao, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Weichen means that framing the prince is a big crime of raiding the family and destroying the family, and I hope that Concubine De will not stop Weichen from handling the case." Lin Botao gestured at Concubine Yang De.

The angry Yang Defei's face became more and more ugly, and Lin Botao's words clearly meant that she instructed the palace maid Zicui to drug the prince behind her back, intending to frame the prince? I was so angry by this scene that I couldn't wait to go over and pinch Lin Botao's neck, give him a taste, and see if he dares to talk nonsense in the future! But in front of His Majesty, she had to calm down, take a deep breath, and look at Your Majesty: "Your Majesty, the concubine is wronged, how can the concubine instruct the palace maid to frame the prince, please Your Majesty to investigate!" The soft body knelt down for His Majesty at random.

Seeing this, His Majesty got up from the bookcase, walked to Concubine Yang De's side, gently helped her to get up, patted the back of her hand, and said: "Concubine De, I naturally believe in you, but the more this is the case, the more you should not stop Bo Tao from investigating the case, you should let him find out and return your innocence, what do you think?" "Whether she is innocent or not is not up to Concubine Yang Defei, but conclusive evidence.

The incident happened too suddenly, and Concubine Yang De was angry with Lin Botao's reason, which slowly eased up, and said respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty is right, the concubine obeys the order, and will definitely cooperate with Lin Shizi to investigate this matter clearly." ”

"Okay." His Majesty's reassuring chin bowed.